G6 chord on banjo

The G6 chord diagram on banjo, the notes it is built from, and the Alviena charts that use it.

The diagram

The notes in G6

D · G · B · E

The chord is built from 4 distinct pitches. A shape may double them an octave apart: the same note then appears more than once without changing the chord.

The shape, string by string

3 open strings · 1 muted string

StringFretNote
4openD
3openG
2openB
12E

Charts that use G6

Other G chords

The same colour, on another root

G6 on other instruments